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Edwin Parish
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Description
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Black and white photographic portrait of Edwin Parish, seated, wearing a dark suit. This item is labeled "E. S. Parish." Edwin S. Parish (1875-1966) may not be the man pictured based on the assumed age of the photograph.
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Date Created
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1870
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PID
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grinnell:23246
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Title
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Emery S. Bartlett in horse-drawn buggy
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Description
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Black and white photograph showing Emery S. Bartlett (1832-1915) driving a carriage pulled by a black horse. One of the first residents of Grinnell, Emery was a successful meat marketer and horse trainer. Written inscription on back reads as follows: "Emery S Bartlett with farmile driving horse / probably about 1890 / He loved good - and fast - driving horses, and in the early 1900s owned and raced fast harness horses. / This horse was not particularly beautiful - but was very faithful and only reluctantly did Mr. Bartlett consent to the disposal of the enfeebled horse about 1904."
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Date Created
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1890
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PID
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grinnell:23268
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Henry W. Spaulding
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Description
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Black and white photograph showing Henry W. Spaulding (1846-1937) dressed in a long coat and holding a hat, standing in front of a painted forest backdrop. Henry was the founder of Spaulding Manufacturing Company, in addition to being an Iowa state senator from 1910 the mayor of Grinnell for a short period of time.
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Date Created
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1880
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PID
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grinnell:23271
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Title
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Homer Hamlin
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Description
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Black and white photograph showing the face of Rev. Homer Hamlin (1813-1868), a prominent Abolitionist and one of the founders of Grinnell.
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Date Created
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1860
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PID
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grinnell:23253
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Title
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James H. Bonesteel and Alice Brent Bonesteel
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Description
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Black and white photograph of a couple, James H. Bonesteel and his wife Alice Brent (according to written inscription). James is dressed in a black suit, and Alice is wearing a dark-colored dress with a lace collar. This photograph was rescued from a donor in Michigan who found it in an antique shop. The photographer was Eckhardt, in Grinnell, but we don't know anything else about the couple.
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Date Created
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1890
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PID
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grinnell:23282
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Title
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Margaret Kiesel and audience
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Description
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Black and white photograph of crowd listening to Margaret Kiesel (1908-1987) read the biography of Rose Stoops in front of the Grinnell Historical Museum on Rose Stoops Day. Rose Stoops stands to Margaret's left in the photo.
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Date Created
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1981
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PID
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grinnell:26650
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Title
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Marshall Talbot
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Description
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A black and white photograph of Marshall Talbot, and artist, magazine writer, and lecturer. He was well known in Grinnell in the 1860s and 1870s. He is shown with long, white hair and beard, wearing a sweater over a collared shirt.
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Date Created
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1880
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PID
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grinnell:23286
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Title
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Ralph Lyman Longley
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Description
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Black and white photographic print (or possibly copy of an ambrotype) showing an adult Ralph Lyman Longley (1892-1980), although there is a question mark after his name on the back. This young man has a wonderful pompadour hairstyle. Ralph was a farmer and author of "Cabin on the Second Ridge."
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:23256
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Thomas P. Matteson 1821-1890
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Description
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Portrait photograph of Thomas P. Matteson (1821-1890) at about age 60. Matteson married Alta Ingersoll in 1842 and had two children, Frank L. and Nelle Matteson Fuller. He enlisted in the 36th Illinois Infantry as Fife Major during the Civil War. Additional information on the back of the photograph identifies his children, son Frank L. Matteson and daughter Nelle Matteson Fuller, and grandson Fay Matteson, husband of Mabel Davidson.
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Date Created
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1881
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PID
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grinnell:23213
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Title
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William Oelke, Rose Stoops, and Floyd Beaver
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Description
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Black and white photograph of William Oelke (1906-1988), former professor emeritus of chemistry at Grinnell College and president of the Grinnell Museum Society; Rose Stoops (1895-2001), longtime curator of the Grinnell Historical Museum; and Floyd Beaver (1920-1990), veterinarian and mayor of Grinnell. The three are standing on the front lawn of the Grinnell Historical Museum on Rose Stoops Day, September 12, 1981. From left: William Oelke, Rose Stoops, and Floyd Beaver.
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Date Created
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1981
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PID
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grinnell:26649